| Split Leaf Sopubia |
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| File size | 143089 |
| Original date | 8/15/15 3:07 PM |
| Resolution | 736 x 552 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX P530 |
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Botanical name: Sopubia trifida Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Synonyms: Gerardia scabra, Gerardia sopubia
Synonyms: Gerardia scabra, Gerardia sopubia
Split Leaf Sopubia is an erect annual herb, 40-90 cm tall. Stems are much
branched, angled. Leaves are opposite or sometimes upper leaves alternate.
Lower leaves are dissected into narrow segments. Upper leaves are
undivided. Leaf blade linear, 3-6 cm, with entire margin. Flowers arise in
racemes. Bracts are up to 1 cm long. Flower stalk is about 1 cm, slender.
There are 2, needle-like bracteoles, near tip of the stalk. Sepals are
triangular, wider than long. Flowers are yellow, with a tube
about 3 mm, and circular-obovate petals, about 5 mm, with rounded tips.
Filaments are flattened. Capsule is round, hairless, almost as long as or
shorter than persistent sepals. Style is persistent. Split Leaf Sopubia is
found in the Western Ghats and the Himalayas, at altitudes of 1200-2800 m,
from Kashmir to Bhutan, Indo-China, W. & C. China, Malaysia.
Flowering: October.
| Identification credit: Anil Thakur, Rakesh Singh | Photographed in Himachal Pradesh. |
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